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US 2005/0090296 A1Published application
Cellular telephone with improved mechanical design
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorRyszard Gordecki
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Abstract
A portable telephone (100, 700) such as a flip type cellular telephone is provided with a pivoting head (112, 710), that includes a multipurpose auxiliary display (118, 720), and a camera (122, 716). The pivoting head facilitates using the camera to capture pictures of the user of the cellular telephone, or of a scene that the user is observing.
Claims19
A cellular telephone comprising:
- a first part having a longitudinal axis, the first part including a display;
- and
- a second part coupled to the first part by a pivot mechanism that includes a pivot axis that makes an angle of less than ninety degrees with the longitudinal axis of the first part, whereby the second part can be oriented to face different azimuthal angles about the longitudinal axis of the first part.
A flip type portable telephone comprising:
- a lower half;
- and
- a flip coupled to lower half by a hinge, wherein the flip comprises:
- a lower part that is coupled to the hinge, the lower part of the flip comprising a first display;
- and
- a pivoting head coupled to the lower part by a pivot, wherein the pivot allows the pivoting head to be oriented to face different directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.